The 10-7 vote by the Public Safety Committee came only after backers of the ordinance removed a provision that essentially would have given the mayor's office veto power over any potential decisions by Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling to impose so-called "snap curfews."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.